Giveaway: Personalized Travel Map

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GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO MINDY OF FINDING SILVER LININGS.
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Thanks to everyone who entered the cozy pajama giveaway - I loved hearing about your favorite parts of the holidays. Now on to another goody for another one of my favorite things: travel!

As part of my efforts to continue to collect artwork for the man room, I ordered a Textured Ink personalized travel map which is ooooohhh soo fun to fill out. (I know, modern travelers do this electronically but there is something about a real map and brass pins that makes it much more satisifying!) This isn't its final resting place but I had to give it a temporary stay in the daylight before it joins the man room collection. You can even see me in the reflection of the pins if you look close enough :)

Now on the good part! Textured Ink is giving one of these beauties away to a lucky Brooklyn Limestone reader! Check out all of the styles she has on offer including this brand new bright + playful version of the personalized map. Enter now and make it yours!

To enter, simplyleave a comment with your favorite thing about travel - whether it be your favorite locale, a luxury your reserve for when you are away from home, or anything else that thrills you. Be make sure to include a way I can reach you if you win. Share this post on twitter, Pinterest or your own blog, leave the link for an extra entry. Simple as that. Good luck!

Thanks for introducing up to these Textured Ink maps - what a great keepsake! As for my favorite thing about taveling, I love being able to explore a new city and be completely surrounded by a new culture. Just talking about it makes me want to plan a trip very soon!

My favorite part of traveling is picking out a Christmas ornament from each special place we've been - sometimes we're in such an odd area that you have to get creative but our tree is full of wonderful memories each year. I was just browsing that Etsy store last week!

My favorite thing about travel is learning a new culture. It's not until I actually plan a trip, that I start to read and research about what to do and who the people are. And that inspires me! Thanks for sharing!

I haven't traveled much, unless you count (or lose count of) camping trips--mostly local. BUT, my friend and I have booked a trip to Paris for September 2014. My friend has traveled a great deal, so this map will go to her with some type of "upcoming" pin for our trip!

I grew up traveling (army brat), and my favorite thing was learning about other cultures and their history. It was the main reason I studied history in college. It was always fun to be able to brag when we were learning about places I've been to.

I didn't get a chance to travel abroad when I was in college and decided to backpack through Europe when I graduated. Best. decision. ever. I saw so much, ate so much and learned so much in those short nine weeks and have had the travel bug ever since! I love the spontaneity of it all! My husband hasn't been to very many places outside of the US and I would love to travel with him now and when we have kids (in a few years, haha)! This map would be the perfect way to document that! ;) Email is amandab1031@aol.com

I always most loved learning about other people and their lives: culture, food, their every day activities. Now my favorite part is to watch the kids learn the same things. I love that they know about how people in different areas live, and that they're interested in all of it! Great giveaway! Would love to put this map up in a place for the boys to pin! dinaeriksen@yahoo.com

The adventure - from getting to the airport, boarded and getting comfy on the plane to landing in a new location; a change of scenery and absorbing all the new (or repeat) place has to offer. And taking my kids with me and sharing this sense of adventure through their eyes.

My favorite thing about travel is the realization that the world is so much bigger than you. Traveling broadens my horizons, makes me think outide of me. Of course, a close second favorite is arriving back to home sweet home.

The first time I ever got on a plane, I was 23. Since, I've made it a point to have a big trip every few years. My favorite thing is feeling so "me" when I'm off by myself in some foreign place. I feel like I can breathe more deeply than at home in my regular life.

My favorite thing about travel is trying to find the places the locals go - hanging out in hole in the wall coffee shops and bars, popping in local bookstores, avoiding chains and things...I love having days to try and live like the people who actually live there would.

The best thing about travel is it's your chance experience the world's communities first hand! Get your feet wet, make new friends, learn about new cultures, try new foods...travel gives you a perspective you can never get from home. Love the personalized map to track your travels - what a unique way to remember your new experiences!

My husband and I just celebrated out 10th wedding anniversary with a trip to Spain. It was wonderful! My favorite part of traveling to Europe is tasting the wine. It just seems so much better than the wine we can get here in the States. I have always wanted one of these maps!

The thing I love most about travel is experiencing new cultures and in that learning that no matter where I go people are just people like me even with their differences. Great question and great giveaway!

I love absorbing everything about the culture when I travel abroad. Trying different foods even using public transport if I can't speak the language. Has been a challenge a few times, but its the best way to get to know a city.

Favorite thing about travel - making it happen! Before a kiddo, it used to be so easy we took it for granted. After a kiddo, it's so much tougher, but amazing to do as a family. I hope to pass the travel bug to her...she'll go to Europe twice in 2014 (at the wee age of 3!).

I love getting to explore new cities! It fascinates me how every one is unique. But I'm especially jealous of where you spend most of your days...I would love to go back to NY, every day, all the time. Can't stop thinking about how amazing it all was!

My favorite thing about travel is discovering all the beautiful things that our planet has to offer. The world is so vast and so different and every place is so unique. My husband is from another country so as a couple we've embraced travel and share a great love for it. This map would be perfect for us in our new home!

My favorite thing about travel is seeing and experiencing all of the beauty that the world has. It may sound kind of cheesy or obvious, but I truly just love being able to see more and more of the world. Traveling with a favorite friend or family member and creating memories with them is a close runner-up.

Oooh so many things to choose from. For me I love just exploring, getting to know a new place and finding great places to eat. I feel like when we travel we are always thinking about our next great meal - it's especially wonderful where you are somewhere that has local dishes worth checking out! :)

I love experiencing the true local cuisine when we travel. We pull over on random back roads when we are out of the country and enjoy a good meal with the locals! I am a very adventurous eater and will try ANYTHING once :)

As my husband and I have traveled more and more together, I find myself trying new things, usually food, that I wouldn't dare try at home. Paris forced me to embrace hot coffee and to not question mysterious meats on a beautiful charcuterie plate! cvloehr@yahoo.com

Waking up the first day of my travel because there's the anticipation of something new for the next however long I'm there. The first cup of coffee from some local shop you've never been to before. And it doesn't matter how exhausted you are, you just keep going. (I'll rest on the plane ride back.)

Hmm, it would have to be having my mind changed, my assumptions checked, my previous knowledge unlearned, and my world transcended by whatever breathtaking foreign reality is unfolding directly in front of me.Because after all, it's foreign only to me.

I love learning about the area when I travel. When in Dublin, Ireland, we spoke we talked to the locals at the bar, a proprietor at another. Talk to the front desk staff, waitresses. Look up and around you everywhere you go. That's what we're trying to do as we travel. I have pins for my husband, myself (and our trips together) on a US map, but have been looking for one of the world now that we have used our passports a time or two.

The best thing about travel is that no matter where you go or what you plan to see you automatically get bonuses no matter what. There are all those extra little things that you did not plan for, did not expect and yet they become a part of the story. They can be huge and life-changing but just as often are the simple things which just happen as you explore and experience the new.

What a great giveaway! My favorite thing about travel is the change it makes in me - forces me to do things I never thought I would, see things that I ordinarily overlook, meet people that I would never have the chance to meet, do things I never thought possible ..... all because I feel liberated through travel!

So many entries... I would have to say my favorite thing about travel is how it makes you have that childlike wonder again. You are in a completely new place, and discovery is waiting around every turn. It's just magical.

Obsessed with maps thanks for the opportunity! My favorite things about travel is experiencing new things, people, tastes, sights, smells like I'm the first to ever experience them..such a thrill, wish I could travel more!

Visiting those places that remind me of someone I love. I go to the beach every year, it was my father's favorite place, San Francisco reminds me of my husband, and in the mountains I feel close to my mother.